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In SPORTS | pg. 13-14
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In opinion | pg. 6
Protesting Trump
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In other | pg. 3
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Local residents react to historic election President-elect Donald Trump generates strong emotions from divided county By Pete DeMola
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ELIZABETHTOWN — Defying all expectations, Donald J. Trump won the presidency last week, and will become the 45th president of the United States. The upset victory over Hillary Clinton sent shockwaves across the country — including Essex County, where residents have been absorbing the results over the past week.
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Interviews with over a dozen local residents suggested a degree of fear mixed with cautious optimism. Monique Clague, 79, is one of the four in 10 Americans who described their reaction to the election as “afraid,” according to Gallup. “I fear for the future,” said Clague. The retired college professor from Keene cited “the whole package” when it came to her misgivings with Trump: The tough-talking businessman’s personality is erratic, she said, and she is concerned that the president-elect will follow through on his campaign promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act, deport illegal immigrants and roll back internation-
>> See ELECTION | pg. 10
Boreas public hearings begin
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First meeting at APA and DEC headquarters brought a busload of Wilderness defenders up from Albany
U.S. Navy Admiral incharge of U.S. Fleet Forces briefs Willsboro crowd on military efforts in global waters on Veterans Day WILLSBORO — Attendees of the town’s long-running Veterans Day Dinner received an intimate glimpse at American military operations abroad on Friday when they received a briefing from a top-ranking military official. Pete U.S. Navy Admiral Philip S. Davidson DeMola is the commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Editor Command. The Norfolk-based unit trains and equips 125 ships and 100 aircraft across the globe, commanding 103,000 active duty service members and civilians. Davidson is also an old pal of Shaun Gillilland, a retired U.S. Navy captain who now serves as Willsboro’s supervisor. In his comments, Davidson sketched out military actions across the globe, and tied them directly to the U.S. Fleet Forces and the work they do. “Your navy is absolutely your away team, and we don’t want to play any home games,” Davidson said. Many of the 70,000 sailors and Marines on active duty deployment are engaged in daily combat — including local veterans like Captain David Little, son of state Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury), who recently returned from an eight-month
al agreements, including the Paris Agreement, the landmark climate change treaty that went into effect earlier this month. The world depends on the U.S. for its leadership, said Clague. “If America gets out of those international agreements, then the rest of the world can go the same way.” Jim Haig, of Jay, said he was “appalled” by Trump’s victory. Haig, a lifelong independent, said he was “beyond concerned” about Trump’s ascension to the leader of the free world.
U.S. Navy Admiral Philip S. Davidson delivers comments at Willsboro Central on Nov. 11, 2016. Davidson, commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, briefed attendees at the town’s annual veterans day dinner on U.S. military efforts.
By Kim Dedam
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stint commanding the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman. “They dropped more bombs on ISIS, Iraq and Syria than any other carrier strike that went before them,” Davidson said. Davidson, speaking to a roomful of veterans and their families, detailed the efforts of two units, the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Destroyer, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. For months, missions leaving from the USS Wasp have been conducting flying air raids against ISIS in Libya, or, as the U.S. military calls them, Daesh. “It means the perverted ones,” Davidson said, referring to the Arabic language acronym. The Islamic State, a non-state actor, joins the four countries
RAY BROOK — The first round of public comments on numerous proposed Adirondack Park Agency land-use actions drew a crowd that spilled from Adirondack Park Agency to state Department of Environmental Conservation headquarters next door. A webcast shared the meeting live online. Some 85 people signed up to weigh-in on state recreational use options. Their commentary focused largely on Boreas Ponds. New York purchased the 20,543-acre Boreas Tract last spring and began environmental review for inclusion in the Adirondack State Forest. Former timberlands owned by Finch, Pruyn & Co., the wooded acres had been logged for a century. A sea of green shirts marked a few dozen people brought here on a tour bus by Be Wild NY, a coalition of environmental lobbyists that includes the Adirondack Council, Sierra
>> See ADMIRAL | pg. 11
>> See BOREAS | pg. 10
Photo by Pete DeMola